8+ hour, 34+ min ago  (245+ words) Akron Public Schools Superintendent Mary Outley proposed a new $11 million budget reduction plan during a board meeting Monday night that appeared to mostly avoid layoffs. "We tried to be strategic with these reductions through attrition, role consolidation and efficiencies, which…...

11+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (613+ words) Mount Spurr, which scientists say is likely to erupt in the coming weeks or months, is about 80 miles west of Anchorage. But ash clouds could reach the state's biggest city. When scientists announced recently that a volcano outside Anchorage was…...